The pipeline is part of EDL’s West Kimberley Power Project, for which liquefied natural gas produced by the Maitland LNG Facility, 20 km southwest of Karratha, is trucked 850 km to the Broome Fuel Storage Facility on the outskirts of the town, avoiding the need for road trains to pass through the town centre. The LNG is then vaporised and odorised before being delivered to the pipeline.

The High Density Polyethylene pipe is 315 mm in diameter with a wall thickness of 23 mm, and transports the gas 12.2 km to the Broome Power Station on the southern side of the town at a rate of up to 11.5 TJ/day.

The pipeline, licensed under WA Pipeline Licence PL72, is designed, constructed, and operated to AS2885 and has a design life of 30 years.

OSD will continue to provide the operation and maintenance services on the pipeline whilst training the EDL operators. It is planned for EDL to take over the operation in its own right once their operators have demonstrated the required competencies.

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OSD Asset Services general manager Mike Lyle said the successful commissioning was a collaborative effort by all involved.